Foreign audiences have different tastes

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Even with some movies underperforming domestically, their foreign results in some cases have been astonishing. Terminator Salvation has doubled its domestic gross in international markets, and the ratio was even better for Angels & Demons.

Even with some movies underperforming domestically, their foreign results in some cases have been astonishing. Terminator Salvation has doubled its domestic gross in international markets, and the ratio was even better for Angels & Demons. (Zade Rosenthal / Columbia Pictures)

Even with some movies underperforming domestically, their foreign results in some cases have been astonishing. Terminator Salvation has doubled its domestic gross in international markets, and the ratio was even better for Angels & Demons.